Well I suspect you are looking at it as a user rather than a developer then.
The reason that Google considered it worthy of a new product launch is that the underlying technology is completely different. To auto complete a text box with some standard entries is complex, but really for an accomplished programmer not that hard. To auto return search results in real time as the user enters text, wow thats hard, believe me. Think about the complexities involved in doing that, and not just doing it for me, but simultaneously doing it for millions of queries. You know guys, I saw an interesting piece of technology, just been unveiled, and decided to share it amongst the different LUG mailing lists I subscribe to. Everyone was really impressed by it, and it led to interesting discussions as to how they were doing it. All except this one, where people either sneered and said they had seen it a long time ago, or they tried to pick a fight. What gives? Tim On 9 September 2010 17:24, sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote: > ya its autocompletely fabulous. > > but seriously its autocomplete, but while autocompleting the search results > dsiplayed change as you add more characters > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> No it isnt, its much more than auto completion. >> >> According to this: >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/google_instant_analysis/ >> >> google unveiled it at its San Francisco headquarters on the morning of >> 8/9/2010 PDT. Its great if they released it in Uganda before the USA, >> but I suspect not. >> >> Thanks >> Tim >> >> >> On 9 September 2010 17:06, sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Ii is auto completetion on steriods. The same feature we've had for a >> > while >> > juiced up to return more relevant results faster. >> > >> > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On 9 September 2010 16:54, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > On 9 September 2010 14:26, McTim <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > Has everybody seen this? >> >> >> >> >> >> I've been seeing it for awhile now, thot it was just >> >> >> auto-completion. >> >> >> >> >> > Yeah it's been around for a while. >> >> > >> >> >> >> Really? In the UK where I am at the moment its only just been >> >> released. You sure your not thinking about the auto-completion, thats >> >> been around for awhile? >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> WebERP Africa Ltd >> >> +447710427049 >> >> +256752963327 >> >> +255784602561 >> >> www.weberpafrica.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> LUG mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> >> >> All Archives can be found at >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> >> way. >> >> --------------------------------------- >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Sanga M. 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